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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 06, 1771
Page
1
A lengthy, critical letter discusses royal favor, ministerial struggles, and city politics. It laments patronage,Election tactics, and the impact of Jacobite sympathies on sheriff appointments. The writer rails against Harley and the Crown while praising readerly virtue and cautioning against factional manipulation. It references Wilkes, Bute, and the Duke of Grafton in a tone of partisan critique.
On July 4 in Oxford a commemorative ceremony followed Lord Crew's institutions. Nobility, three bishops, heads of houses, and doctors walked in procession from the Vice Chancellor’s lodgings to the Theatre. Several pieces of music were played and honorary degrees awarded to Doctors of Civil Law including The Right Hon. Lord Temple and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. A later meeting at the George Inn discussed a navigable canal from Chesterfield joining the Liverpool canal, but the scheme was overruled by a large majority of landowners and gentlemen.
A historical letter addresses His Grace the Duke of Grafton. The writer laments the duke’s influence over the Treasury and mocks his habit of forming friendships that always harm their objects. It notes the genius attributed to Mr. Bradshaw guiding Mr. Robinson and remarks on the duke’s pattern of mischief in causes and friendships.
A correspondent signed Philo questions a Bodmin dated May 17 slander, demanding the author publish his name and deny the alleged facts. The letter targets anonymous scorn by Anonymous Authors and asserts the claims are lies, calling for accountability.
The speaker presents an epilogue defending the satirical piece titled the Maid Bath. It satirizes fashionable vices and social types as a poet’s craft, naming a rake, a macaronic wag, and an undomestic dame, and contrasts feisty figures like Monfer an unfeeling man and Withrington in a noble contest.
A buyer is shown a list of surgical and medical books published by various authors including Percival Pott Hillary Langrifh and Logder. It notes editions and volumes, with printers Hawes Clarke Cobllins at 32 Paternoster Row, detailing works on surgery smallpox and venereal disease.
A notice from Bcc Liver Tilson of Hill street Berkley Spunge proclaims the balsamic tincture cures scurvy and cutaneous disorders after years of trial. It claims health restoration and clear skin, urging speedy use for pimples, ulcers, inflammations and related fevers. Sold wholesale and retail by merchants in St Paul’s Churchyard and other premises in New Fire, with directions to obtain locally.
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